PEAS FRESH FROM THE GARDEN ARE BEST 
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FORD’S SOUND PEAS 
An Assortment Embracing the Choicest Varieties 
Choice Northern Grown and Hand Picked 
Look where you may, you can find no better peas than we offer. They are grown by the most 
reliable and painstaking growers in America. They are carefully hand picked and will please the 
most critical market gardeners. 
CULTURE. Peas should be planted in good soil but avoid fresh manure or muck. For a suc¬ 
cession plant at intervals of 10 to 14 days. The smooth varieties may be planted as soon as ground can 
be worked, as they are very hardy. The wrinkled varieties are slightly more tender but are 
superior in quality. One pound of seed will plant 100 feet of row. 150 lbs. are required per acre. 
The food value of Peas is high and the luscious quality of the varieties offered below gives you 
the finest that the world can supply. 
NOTICE our very low prices on quantities. MARKET GARDENERS will save money by purchas¬ 
ing of us. 
Prices quoted on ten lb. lots and less include postage. 
If to go by express or freight or called for at our store deduct 5c from Yz lb., 10c from lb., 12c 
from 2 lbs., 18c from 5 lbs., 28c from 10 lbs. 
Laxton’s Progress 
EARLY WRINKLED PEAS 
GRADUS or PROSPERITY. (55 days.) Vines 
about 3 feet high; bears profusely. The pods 
are almost as large as those of Laxtonian and 
filled with peas of the finest quality, sweet and 
tender. 1 Pkt. 10c, Yz lb. 20c, 1 lb. 30c, 2 lbs. 
50c, 5 lbs. $1.08, 10 lbs. $1.98, Prepaid. Not 
Prepaid, 15 lbs. $2.55, 60 lbs. $9.60, 100 lbs. 
$15.00. 
THOMAS LAXTON. (50 days.) Very early; has 
become one of the popular early market varie¬ 
ties. Pods are large, deep rich green, filled from 
end to end with plump peas. Vines hardy and 
grow from 2 to 3 ft. tall. 1 Pkt. 10c, Yz lb. 20c, 
1 lb. 30c, 2 lbs. 50c, 5 lbs. $1.08, 10 lbs. $1.98, 
Prepaid. Not Prepaid, 15 lbs. $2.55, 60 lbs. $9.60, 
100 lbs. $15.00. 
LITTLE MARVEL. (54 days.) One of the best 
early wrinkled varieties. Grows about 15 
inches tall, and produces pods 3 inches long, 
well filled with peas of excellent quality. 1 Pkt. 
10 c, Yz lb. 20c, 1 lb. 30c, 2 lbs. 50c, 5 lbs. $1.08, 
10 lbs. $1.98, Prepaid. Not Prepaid, 15 lbs. $2.55, 
60 lbs. $9.60, 100 lbs. $15.00. 
AMERICAN WONDER. (55 days.) Vines 10 to 
12 inches high. Pods 2% inches long; good 
for home use. Pkt. 10c, Yz lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 2 lbs. 
50c, 5 lbs. - $1.08, 10 lbs. $1.98, postpaid. Not 
prepaid, 15 lbs. $2.55; 60 lbs. $9.60, 100 lbs. $15.00 
NOTT'S EXCELSIOR (58 days.) Vines 14 inches 
high. Pods 2% inches long, light green; good 
for market or home use. Pkt. 10c, Yz lb. 20c, 
lb. 30c, 2 lbs. 50c, 5 lbs. $1.08, 10 lbs. $1.98, post¬ 
paid. Not prepaid, 15 lbs. $2.55, 60 lbs. $9.60, 
100 lbs. $15.00. 
PREMIUM GEM. (52 days.) Vines 18 inches 
high. Pods 3 inches long, round, square ended, 
well filled, good quality and productive. Pkt. 
10 c, Yz lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 2 lbs. 50c, 5 lbs. $1.08, 
10 lbs. $1.98, postpaid. Not prepaid, 15 lbs. $2.55, 
60 lbs. $9.60, 100 lbs., $15.00. 
EARLY SMOOTH PEAS 
Laxton’s Progress, ^niit’Ta 
The 
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Podded Dwarf Pea. Its quality is surpassed by 
none. Height 18 inches. 4 days earlier than 
Laxtonian. Pods 4 inches long, broad, pointed, 
dark green color, containing 8 large, dark green 
peas of the highest quality. Pkt. 10c, Yz lb. 20c, 
lb. 30c, 2 lbs. 50c, 5 lbs. $1.08, 10 lbs. $1.98, pre¬ 
paid. Not prepaid, 15 lbs. $2.55, 60 lbs. $9.60, 
100 lbs. $15.00. 
I avtnriinr» (50 days.) Our most popular 
early variety. Top notch qual¬ 
ity and productiveness. The Laxtonian has be¬ 
come a universal favorite with private as well as 
market gardeners. Vine robust, 17 inches tall, 
pods 4 in. long, dark green, pointed; well filled 
with luscious large peas. Price Pkt. 10c, Yz lb. 
20c, lb. 30c, 2 lbs. 50c, 5 lbs. $1.08, 10 lbs. $1.98 
Prepaid. Not Prepaid 15 lbs. $2.55, 60 lbs. $9.60, 
100 lbs. $15.00. 
Wnt-IrFc Rpeorfl An improved type of 
VV OllU S rvecoru. Gradus, being slightly 
earlier, more dwarf, true to type and productive. 
Height 2 x k ft. Vines quite stout, medium green; 
pods medium green, 4 in. long, broad, pointed 
and well filled with 8 very large dark green 
peas of excellent quality. 1 Pkt. 10c, % lb. 20c, 
1 lb. 30c, 2 lbs. 60c, 5 lbs. $1.08, 10 lbs. $1.98, 
Prepaid. Not Prepaid, 15 lbs. $2.55, 60 lbs. 
$9.60, 100 lbs. $15.00. 
^ A Maud S, or Prolific Early 
U irst ailu JOCSl. Market. (48 days.) Vines 
20 to 24 inches high; ripen practically all at 
once, and 4 days after Alaska, but is much 
larger than that variety. We consider it the 
best of the early smooth peas; pods straight, 
plump and well filled; Peas good size and qual¬ 
ity, hardy, can be planted as soon as ground 
thaws. Pkt. 10c, Yz lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 2 lbs. 50c. 
5 lbs. $1.03, 10 lbs. $1.88, postpaid. Not Prepaid, 
15 lbs. $2.40, 60 lbs. $9.00, 100 lbs., $14.50. 
LATE WRINKLED PEAS 
Dwarf Telephone. inches high, vigor¬ 
ous and coarse growing. Pods 4% inches long, 
light green, slightly curved. The best of all 
Dwarf late peas and of excellent quality. 1 Pkt. 
10c, Yz lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 2 lbs. 50c, 5 lbs. $108. 
10 lbs. $1.98, Prepaid. Not Prepaid,, lo lbs. $2.6;>, 
60 lbs. $9.60, 100 lbs. $15.00. 
IMPROVED STRATAGEM OR POTLATCH. (70 
days.) Vines 20 inches high, pods 4 V 2 inches 
long, dark green, pointed. Peas large, fine Qual¬ 
ity. Pkt. 10c, Yz lb. 20c, lb. 30c, 2 lbs. 50c, 
5 lbs. $1.08, 10 lbs. $1.98, postpaid. Not prepaid, 
15 lbs. $2.55, 60 lbs. $9.60, 100 lbs. $15.00. 
“We think your seed is the best we have ever 
7 otten” —Mrs. Samuel Reynolds, Ohio. 
Peas Have Good Food Value; Plant Lots of Them 
